Deanna Lee Hansen

Deanna Lee Hansen of Marietta, Georgia passed away on July 26, 2018. She was born in 1941 to J. Brooke Adam and Virginia (Ginny) Adam. She was dearly loved by Jon, her husband of 58 years, her children and daughters-in-law, Mitch and Barbara Hansen, Mike and Karen Hansen, and Mark and Lynn Hansen, her grandchildren and their spouses, Chris Hansen, Ryan Hansen, Alex Hansen and Teri Parker, Tori Hansen, Baily Tripp, Morgan Hansen, Guy Hansen, Haley and Nic Casey, Savannah and Sam Best, and her great-grandchildren Brailyn Hansen, Emma Tripp, Levi Casey, and Lucas Casey. She was also dearly loved by her sisters and brothers-in-law, Karen and Charlie Ferguson, and Kay and Warren Tesch. She will be missed by all her family including her cousins, nieces, and nephews. She will be mourned by all the lives she has touched over the years, including many greyhound friends.

She attended San Diego State University where she studied accounting, but her focus was her family and her greyhounds. She started a non-profit rescue group called Greyt Friends, where she was able to rescue and place hundreds of greyhounds in loving homes. She loved to travel, go on cruises, read, spend time at the cabin on Lake Burton, and the Atlanta Braves.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 1pm on Saturday, August 4, 2018 at H.M. Patterson & Son – Canton Hill Chapel in Marietta, with a reception to follow.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly asks that you consider a donation to one of the following animal rescue groups she supported: Cobb County Humane Society, Furkids Animal Rescue, Paws4Life Humane Shelter, or Best Friends Animal Society.